David WhishWilson
Dean Biron reviews 'Old Scores' by David Whish-Wilson
For the most part, the burgeoning 1980s nostalgia industry in Australia tends to overlook the fact that back then the states seemed to be engaged in a kind of Sheffield Shield ...
MoreNews from the Editor's Desk - August 2016
News from the the Editor's Desk in the August issue of Australian Book Review.
MoreNews from the Editor's Desk - September 2016
News from the the Editor's Desk in the September issue of Australian Book Review.
MoreDavid Whish-Wilson reviews 'Coming Rain' by Stephen Daisley
For this reviewer, it’s been a long five years since the publication of Stephen Daisley’s Traitor (2010). The rightly acclaimed and award-winning début novel wrote of the terrors of war, and the life on the land of one irreparably damaged New Zealand soldier, David. As an exploration of the damage done to an ordinary and unappreciated man, the prose was ... More
David Whish-Wilson reviews 'To Name Those Lost' by Rohan Wilson
Rohan Wilson’s To Name Those Lost is a ferocious and brilliant sequel to his The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award-winning début, The Roving Party (2011), which charted the murderous exploits of John Batman and his crew of cutthroats sent out on a punitive ... More
Tony Birch's 'The Promise'
David Whish-Wilson reviews Tony Birch’s new collection of twelve short stories which display his characteristic humour, laconicism and charm.
MoreDavid Whish-Wilson reviews 'One Boy Missing'
Stephen Orr’s previous novel, Time’s Long Ruin (2010), which was short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and long-listed for the Miles Franklin, explored the repercussions within a quiet Adelaide community of the disappearance of three of its most vulnerable members, closely related to the disappearance and presumed murder of the Beaumont child ... More
